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ArticleZalando benefits from the lockdown as Q2 sales, profits surge
Zalando ‘s net profit rose to €122.6 million in the second quarter from €45.5 million a year earlier as its client base expanded. The German online fashion retailer now serves 34.1 million active customers across Europe, up by 20.4 percent year-on-year. Gross merchandise volume (GMV) increased by 33.0 percent to ...
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Chanel buys Italian tannery Conceria Gaiera
The French fashion house Chanel has further tightened the control of its supply chain by buying the Italian tannery Conceria Gaiera that supplies leather for footwear and leathergoods, according to the website La Conceria. The tanner was founded in 1946 and is based in Robecchetto con Induno, Lombardy. It will ...
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Russian customs wants to check parcels for counterfeit shoes
The Russian Federal Customs Service is seeking to obtain authorization from the government to inspect parcels entering the country for the presence of counterfeit products purchased through foreign online stores, according to Sergey Shklyaev, director of the trade restrictions department of the Customs Service. Shoes and clothes are the biggest ...
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Roccamore donates profits to needy women
Roccamore has completed its pledge to donate all profits over a 30-day period to single mothers, female refugees and other women. The Danish footwear company, which uses scrap leather in its women’s shoes, ended up raising £15,000 for 75 women. It ran the campaign in collaboration with Dress for Success, ...
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News briefsKavat closing down some showrooms in digitalization move
Kavat, the Swedish family-owned company based in the shoe-making town of Kumla, is closing down its traditional showrooms in Düsseldorf, Oslo and Gothenburg as it intends to rely on a new B2B platform, scheduled to come on stream in August, and using flagship stores as showrooms and meeting places with ...
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News briefsHurley family takes over Simple
Kandui Holdings, founded by the Hurley family, has acquired the assets and intellectual property of the American brand Simple from KTSimple. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition is being carried through Simple Shoes, that will continue all ongoing operations with plans to enhance and evolve the Simple brand over ...
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Louboutin moves Parisian store
The French luxury footwear brand Christian Louboutin has moved its Parisian store, previously 68 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, nearer to the city center. The shop is now close to Place Vendôme, that hosts the Ritz. Situated at 400 rue Saint-Honoré, it covers 260 square meters over three levels, offering the ...
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The shoe chains Sacha and Manfield go bankrupt in Belgium
The footwear chains Sacha and Manfield, representing a total of 17 stores and 140 employees, filed for bankruptcy in Belgium. But Termeer, the Dutch company that owns the banners, expects to restart the businesses. The chains’ stores in the Netherlands and their online activity are not affected by the filing. ...
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ArticleMoreschi’s relaunch is in turmoil
The Moreschi family is seeking to block the transfer of a 50.37 percent in the namesake company to Hurley, a Swiss company run by Guido Scalfi, on the grounds that an agreement to relaunch the company is not being respected. In a statement, the Moreschi family said “we will not ...
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News briefsAeffe’s leathergoods business H1 sales down by 21.4%
In the first half, Aeffe, the Italian fashion house that owns Pollini and other brands, suffered a decline in sales in its footwear and leathergoods division of 21.4 percent, both on a reported basis and in constant currencies, to €47.7 million due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The ...
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ArticleWeyco ends Q2 with loss, sales tumble by 72%
Weyco Group posted a net loss of $8.9 million in the second quarter, compared to net earnings of $1.5 million in last year’s corresponding quarter, on revenues that dropped by 72 percent to $16.7 million, hampered by store closures and lockdowns. During the past few months, the group adjusted its ...
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ArticleFashion retail in Russia fails to return to pre-crisis sales levels
In Moscow, turnover of the fashion retail market has stabilized at 72 to 75 percent of pre-coronavirus crisis levels, research conducted by the Moscow-based IT company Evotor showed. Fashion retail is recovering slower than other retail segments, and as of the end of July the growth in turnover on this ...
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ArticleAktiv Schuh files for bankruptcy as pandemic ravages sales
Aktiv Schuh filed for bankruptcy at the district court of Berlin-Charlottenburg on July 23, applying for self-administration due to an impending insolvency as a result a sharp decline in sales stemming from the restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. After a promising start to 2020, sales dipped from March to ...
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ArticleJimmy Choo Q1 sales down by 67.7%
Jimmy Choo posted a 67.7 percent year-on-year decline in sales to $51 million in the first quarter ended on June 27 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The operating loss was $29 million compared to an operating income of $11 million a year ago, resulting in a negative ...
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ArticleAlpargatas thrives abroad amid challenging context
Despite the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Alpargatas, the parent company of Havaianas and Osklen, managed to grow its revenues abroad in the second quarter. Overall sales declined by 19.6 percent to 680.5 million Brazilian reais (€108.6m-$128.6m), while the gross margin expanded by 2.1 percentage points to 53.0 percent. ...
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ArticleFrench court clears André’s takeover by its former CEO
On July 28, a commercial court based in Grenoble, France, authorized François Feijoo to take over from Aug. 5 the footwear retailer André. The company filed for bankruptcy on March 23 after its owner Spartoo was unable to obtain sufficient financing to continue the business. Feijoo was the only investor ...
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Tamaris introduces single-pair delivery from spring/summer 2021
Tamaris, the shoe brand owned by the Wortmann Group, will allow dealers within the European Union the possibility of reordering individual pairs, beginning with the spring/summer 2021 season. The service called “Endless Aisle” already underwent a pilot phase with Tamaris system partners. It is available only for the reorder business, ...
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ANWR Group invests in online seminars to help retailers
The German ANWR Group estimates that orders for the next spring/summer season will be around 30 percent below the average volume of the past years. For this reason, the shoe retailing cooperative recommends its members to be even better prepared than usual and organized an online seminar, “Limit Planning.” A ...
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ArticlePrimark launches recycling for clothes, footwear, bags
Primark is rolling out a recycling programme across the U.K., inviting customers to donate clothes, textiles, footwear and bags from any brand to be reused, recycled or repurposed, with nothing going to landfills. Through the Primark In-Store Recycling Scheme, collection boxes will be available in 190 of the fast-fashion retailer’s ...
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News briefsKering H1 revenues down by 30%
Revenues of the French luxury goods group Kering amounted to €5,378 million in the first half, down by 29.6 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and by 30.1 percent on comparable structure and exchange rates due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The recurring operating income fell by 57.7 ...
